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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fair Use
I don't really want to beat a dead horse, but I'm curious exactly which
library exemptions you think would allow you to publish work without
permission of the owner. All the exemptions under 17USC108 are related
to preservation not distribution. In fact 108(i) restricts libraries
from making copies of anything other than text, except for audiovisual
works related to news. It specifically prohibits libraries from making
copies of music, video, pictorials, sculptures and other "visual" works.
Jon
On 5/6/2012 8:44 PM, Marc de Piolenc wrote:
The Wikipedia article is completely compatible with the lawyer Web
site that I found my info on, though Wikipedia gives more detail and
has that very good section on Common Misconceptions. The site that I
used for guidance caters to the publishing industry, and presumably is
as good as you can get without, as you say, getting snowed under with
individual citations and lawyerish you-know-what.
Of course, Fair Use is not the whole story. I actually rely more
heavily on the Library Exemptions because, unlike Fair Use, they are
spelled out in the statute rather than serving as rough guidelines for
building case law. They do, of course, have problems of their own
(they're written by politician, after all), like the absence of a
definition for the term "fair price."
The simple fact is that, because of constant government meddling,
copyright is in everybody's face, every day, so there have to be rules
of thumb or there is paralysis. My rules of thumb have worked for me
in my documents business for just under thirty years. Good enough for me.
Marc
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